VATICAN CITY (CNS) â People who act shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman are hypocrites, Pope Francis said.
âThe most serious sins are those that are disguised with a more âangelicâ appearance. No one is scandalized if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people, which is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalized if I give it to a homosexual â this is hypocrisy,â he told the Italian magazine Credere.
The interview was scheduled for publication Feb. 8, but Vatican News reported on some of its content the day before when the magazine issued a press release about the interview.
Speaking as a baptized catholic myself (an apostile, appointed by god herself), since all of this is made up, and the pope is the leader, and talking to god is just making up thoughts in your head, thereâs literally nothing real keeping him from coming out and blessing gay marriage. He doesnât have to acknowledge the bigotry if he doesnât want to, I think just blessing gay marriage himself would be enough.
Iâm not kidding, Iâm really catholic. And since the church counts all baptised catholics as catholic even in cases of excommunication, Iâll always be a catholic. You donât speak for me, and I bless gay marriage!
In just the same way as the US president can just order all of the nukes to be launched at the moon, yes. But actions have consequences, so he doesnât, even if it might be the âbetterâ course of action for humanity if he did. Because it wouldnât be the best course for his organization (at least from his perspective).
But actions have consequences, so he doesnât, even if it might be the âbetterâ course of action for humanity if he did.
- We can be critical of is action or inaction.
- These consequences are mythical and not relevant. I mean, do you think everyoneâs going to just up and leave catholocism (good luck, literally no one can stop being a catholic, to the extent that their religion means anything)? Do you think they will take over the vatican? Do you think they will start sinning in other ways, like killing one another? Do you think catholics would go against what the pope has told them God has commanded?, really? I donât. What am I missing here?
Because it wouldnât be the best course for his organization (at least from his perspective).
Because itâs his opinion, because he (*[via] God [or whatever]) sets the rules. You know what, Iâll write him about this. I realize heâs got other archdiocese reading and responding to him but as a catholic itâs one of my rights. I am all for meeting people where they are at, but⌠itâs all but saying it, and until he does say it, heâs just giving people a way to win arguments claiming that homosexuality is a sin, making everyone their own lawyer trying to interpret what the pope is saying.
If this were a politician trying to sway congress thatâs one thing, but is the vatican not functionally a dictatorship, with the pope at the top?
Do you think catholics would go against what the pope has told them God has commanded?
Wouldnât be the first time. In fact, it happens at a small scale fairly often, and itâs generally perceived as a tragedy when it does.
If this were a politician trying to sway congress thatâs one thing, but is the vatican not functionally a dictatorship, with the pope at the top?
Itâs not really. Itâs an elected office, and certainly a political one. If thereâs not a way to depose him once elected, it doesnât make it not political. As for his supposed despotic power, he could theoretically do basically anything, but he doesnât because the reality is that he doesnât have the political will to do it.
